http://www.sitebits.com/news/ Quartier des Spectacles: News and Reviews en Copyright &copy; 1999-2009 Gromco, Inc. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:32:56 EST Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:30:00 EDT info@sitebits.com info@sitebits.com Almost 30 years in the making, not even exactly finished, actually, and drawing out not much more than a collective yawn from the local press for its architectural qualities, the new Montreal Symphony Hall (<i>la Maison symphonique de Montréal</i>) nevertheless opened its doors to a select group of invitees and hosted the inaugural concert on Wednesday... Slavito http://www.sitebits.com/2011/montreal-symphony-hall-89156031.html Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:30:00 EDT Last year we <a href="http://www.sitebits.com/2008/new-plaza-in-2009.html">wrote</a> about the massive reconstruction project in the <a href="http://www.sitebits.com/canada/montreal/districts/montreal-quartier-des-spectacles.html">Quartier des Spectacles</a> - namely, a new plaza for the yearly Jazz Festival and similar events. One year has passed and the project bore its first visible (or, rather, walkable) fruit. <br><br> The $40-million Place des Festivals plaza was unveiled last month with an inaugural show featuring fluttering multi-colored water jets (a rather expensive spectacle, opined some local journalists) and packs of awe-stricken tourists enjoying the last warm days of Montreal's short summer. <br><br> Having snubbed the inauguration festivities, I went by with my camera to take a look a few days later... Slavito http://www.sitebits.com/2009/place-des-festivals-opens-37277202.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:40:00 EDT The Montreal Jazz Festival 2008 has just finished and the city is already fevereshly preparing for the 2009 edition. You might think this is an overstatement - after all, there's almost a year left! But in fact, in this short year, one of the most important concert spaces, the plaza between Place des Arts and Rue de Bleury will have to be completely redone. The models and renderings for the new Place des Festivals were made public a few days ago and the city's mayor took the opportunity to assure everybody the project is "on schedule, on budget"... Slavito http://www.sitebits.com/2008/new-plaza-in-2009.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT "Luba Lounge" is gone, and we've been mourning the loss. The next step in our grieving process was to visit <b>Vinyl</b>, which has taken its place on Bleury St. just below Sherbrooke. After a Friday night film fest at Cinema du Parc we decided to check it out.  Alban http://www.sitebits.com/2006/vinyl_bar_2006.html Wed, 31 May 2006 02:30:00 EDT